Magic

Do you believe in magic? Last Tuesday night on NCIS, Abbey told a man, "I believe in magic, prayer and logic equally." A couple days went by and my daughter texted me and said, "I have just heard the mantra for my life." Then she told me what Abbey had said. I told her that I had indeed heard that. Now let me explain here; my daughter is her fathers child. By that I mean she is highly intelligent and logical to a fault. So to hear this from her I was a little curious as just what she meant by that. I get the prayer and logic part, but what did she mean by the magic part. So I asked. And I'm proud to say, she is, after all, her mothers child as well.
You see, I'm not talking about black magic or slight of hand magic, no. I'm talking about the magic that happens when you are chosen to witness an otherwise, perfectly normal,  act of nature, or hear an otherwise perfectly normal sound or experience a perfectly normal course of events, and you realize it was made especially for you at this perfect time as you do nothing more than breathe. A gift, as it were, from a loving a God, with your name on it. Let me be more specific and share with you some of my magic moments:
A pair of cardinals on the back fence kissing...The sound of a hawk that draws your attention heavenward... The giggle of your child giving away a hiding place...A silent prayer answered that makes your heart smile...Sitting silently in the presence of a dying parent or grandparent. It's a time, a moment made just for you by your Heavenly Father. This, my friend is real magic. It's called grace. It's called love. It's called....peace.